GPU Effective Memory Clock Rate

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After two months of planning, creating 3D renders just to visualize my loop, waiting for parts, asking people left and right for advice, overheating tubes and overbending them, filling and draining and spilling water everywhere, my first custom hardline watercooled PC is complete!

It's been quite an adventure, and in the 8 years I've built PCs I've never really spent so much time on one build. And sure, it's not a fancy quadruple radiator, 3-way SLI, gold plated fittings build but I didn't want that. I wanted something that was simple. And clean. And pretty. And this build was just that. If you have any questions, feel free to comment below or hit me up on Instagram <3

== FAQ ==

What's up with the pricing? Why was your 1080 Ti $1,300?
I got this GPU from Amazon during the great GPU crisis of early 2018. I wanted to keep the prices of all the components I got exactly as it was on the receipts.

Why did you go with an X370 board when you have a 2nd gen Ryzen?
This build was mostly aesthetics and I wanted a white motherboard AND I needed something that was compatible with EK's monoblocks. This motherboard was the only one.

I heard PrimoChill Vue causes issues. Why did you pick that coolant?
PrimoChill Vue is a high maintenance coolant, and if the proper steps are taken you can avoid problems. It took almost a week of preparation: 24 hours of PrimoChill SysPrep and 72 hours of PrimoPrep along with plenty of flushing and cleaning to ensure the best performance. A majority of people having issues with Vue either didn't care to follow the instructions or didn't do it correctly.

Corsair LL fans aren't static pressure optimized. Why did you go with those?
As I mentioned before, this build was mostly an aesthetics build I prefer the look of the LL fans. Even then, with testing I did with Thermaltake Riing (static pressure fans) I was only seeing a couple degree differences.

What camera did you use to take these pictures?
I used a Sony A7S II with the 24-70mm 2.8 GM lens. This camera has mindblowing low light capabilities and you can probably see for yourself what I mean by that. The b-roll video was also shot with this camera.

Is this build final? What else are you planning on doing with it?
No, I plan on revisiting this build with better sleeved cabling and possibly a distro plate installed somewhere. Check/follow my Instagram for updates, the link to it is above.

Awesome build bro! Take my +1 Meanwhile I'm stuck now deciding between getting 2nd Gen Stuff now for my build or waiting for a few months for 7nm Ryzen and GPUs even though the part list I currently have took me months to put together and waiting =(

First issue is easy, just buy a $50 A6 and use that to update the BIOS to support the 2700X. Second issue has to do with the length of the GPU. Mine was pretty long, but a majority of cards will be fine. And this ONLY becomes an issue if you mount it horizontally. If you mount it vertically it can be any length you want. Third and fourth issue is fine as long as you don't have too many drives.

Woff.... This is crazy !!!
I can't find appropriate words to explain how "strong" impression this masterpiece left on me.
One hell of a piece you made there lad, bloody well done.
I hope it will serve you well, and use it in health, as Turks say.

This is an awesome bild and I wish to have the skill to build a liquid cooled one just as slick and nice as this build. At the moment, for my first build I am starting out with a budget of 700 dollars and its pretty good. But again, this was an awesome build no matter how expensive.

Really clean build. I would've went with a horizontal mounted GPU since it's watercooled, as there isn't much aesthetics when you have a vertical mounted gpu that's watercooled. But that's just my opinion. +1

Thanks! I vertically mounted it because of three reasons: 1. the GPU waterblock didn't come with a backplate nor is there one available (as far as I know) so if I had it mounted traditionally (horizontal) it would've exposed the ugly PCB 2. the length of the card interfered with the radiator/fans 3. I wanted the water channels to be visible as the Vue coolant flowed through them and vertically mounting was the only way that could happen without having to look at the underside of the card, if that makes sense :)

Heads up that Primochill Vue stuff doesn't just require preperation to keep it from messing up your system -- it needs maintenance. I ran it in a gaming rig and the chemicals broke down and caused huge problems. Turns out the issue was as simple as running the pump at a higher speed than Vue can withstand.

i was going for a white build too thanks. you gave me some great tips and advice through your build too consider while building mine. way better than i would ever be able too do. one other question though if you where spending that much on water cooling than why not go with 2 gpus. stock, price, motherboard not support sli, etc???

O_o? Were you looking for speed AND storage? If so, you may have been better off getting more drives of a smaller footprint to increase your IOPS.
I do not understand what you are trying to achieve here.

i think the ryzen vs intel i3 i5 i7 have about the same price to performance ratio. intel's 8th gen and upcoming 9th gen just have the newest stuff and my personal preference is intel, ryzens are fine but it just boils down to preference.